Multifidus lumborum

Muscle parts

None

Latin name

Musculus multifidus lumborum

Latin muscle parts

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Group

Epaxial muscle – Transversospinales –Multifidus

Etymology

The English name for this muscle is the muscle split into many parts. The word multifidus comes from the Latin multi meaning “much, or many” and the verb findere, which means “to split into many parts.”The word lumborum is from the Latin lumbus meaning “loin.”